I have a friend who has six children. One has profound cerebral palsy: their goal for her is that someday, she might be able to say, “Yes,” or “No.” Other than that, it’s waiting on modern medicine to work a miracle, which is not totally unrealistic given what’s happened in our lifetimes. The daughter after the one with CP has Down’s.
They were over here last week, and my friend said it’s the only time in years that she’s been in a house that was safe for her Downs daughter to play, because we have the four boys under 7. (This was before her daughter started putting toys in the catbox, but heck, we needed to wash them, anyway!)
My point is that your child’s humanity, and your love for your child, is more profound than any problems he or she may have at birth or beyond. Who would get through the teen years, if it were acceptable to eliminate a post-birth child who’s impossible? You don’t kill your child, period, from the moment he’s identified in the womb until he dies from some cause beyond your control.
What many people seem to miss is that, from the moment of conception, a baby is a HUMAN BEING who is entitled to exactly the same rights that the rest of us are. At conception GOD CREATES LIFE, people are simply the means He uses to do so.